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FileWave Appliances on an Apple Silicon macOS system

FileWave Server

What You may want to know how to load one of the Debian based FileWave Appliances for Server, Bo...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Server Pre-Upgrade Backup

FileWave Server

What In order to ensure data integrity during upgrade, version 14 of FileWave introduces a pre-u...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

VPP Token Renewal

Apple School & Business Manager Volume Purchase Program (VPP)

Description VPP Tokens need to be renewed once a year. FileWave dashboard will alert when any VP...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Fileset recipe to block applications by name (macOS Script)

Software Deployment Recipes (macOS)

The Fileset will block the supplied list of applications on your macOS machines by running a scri...

Updated 1 year ago by Sean Holden

Backup Procedures for FileWave Hosted Servers

FileWave General Info Troubleshooting

What This article details the backup procedures and policies for FileWave Hosted Servers. Unders...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Error Codes

FileWave General Info Troubleshooting

Server Error Context Explanation Solution -8 During Database Verification There ...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Using Email to stay updated on KB updates

Community Engagement

What As a user of FileWave, you want to know when KB articles are created or updated. The KB has...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Bypassing DPI for Apple Traffic in MDM Communication

Apple General Info

What This article explains the importance of bypassing Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) on network t...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Apple Content Caching service

Apple General Info

What Every device will individually reach out to Apple to pull Software Updates and VPP Apps and...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Apple App Store and Automatic Updates

Apple General Info

Developers are frequently updating applications and submitting new versions to Apple App Store. F...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Mobile Preferences - iOS / Android

FileWave Central / Anywhere Settings

The Mobile preferences are designed around Mobile Device Management for Apple's iOS/macOS and Goo...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

7zip (Windows MSI)

Software Deployment Recipes (Microsoft)

Description Example recipe for deploying 7zip with new MSI parameters in FileWave 15.2.0. Ingre...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Office 2019 / Office 365 (Windows)

Software Deployment Recipes (Microsoft)

Description Need to deploy Microsoft Office 2019 or Office 365 onto your Windows machines? We've...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Google Chrome Extension Management (Windows)

Software Deployment Recipes (Microsoft)

Description Chrome Extensions, like ClassSpaces, can be managed via FileWave on multiple device ...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Adobe Air (Windows EXE)

Software Deployment Recipes (Microsoft)

Description Need to deploy Adobe Air onto your Windows machines? Here is what you need to know t...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Java (Windows EXE)

Software Deployment Recipes (Microsoft)

Description This recipe shows you the steps you need to follow to make a Java Fileset for Window...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Installing SOLIDWORKS (Windows EXE)

Software Deployment Recipes (Microsoft)

What Need to deploy and install SolidWorks on Windows clients? Not a problem – FileWave has you ...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Custom MSI installer parameters

Filesets / Payloads

What Starting with FileWave 15.2.0 it is now possible to add custom parameters to MSI Filesets. ...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Uninstalling Filesets

Filesets / Payloads

Uninstalling Filesets Creating installation Filesets is one of the key aspects to FileWave devic...

Updated 1 year ago by Sean Holden

How to Enter Launch Arguments for Windows Setup.exe Installers

Filesets / Payloads

When deploying Windows applications using their native installers, command line parameters must t...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky